Posts Categorized: Wildland
Cal Fire’s Wildfire Season Preparedness Primer
Cal Fire points us to Ready For Wildfire, an informational program to educate potential fire victims in the wildland-urban interface.
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Islamic Terrorists Eyeing Forest Fires
AN ENGLISH-LANGUAGE AL QUEDA PUBLICATION is advising its demented followers in the U. S. to start forest fires as a means to inflict personal and financial pain, and fear on Americans.
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Monster Long Island Brush Fire Extinguished
More Than 100 Fire Departments Involved
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Around the Fire Web
Some Great Stories Posted on Some Other Fire and EMS Websites
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Brush Fires in New York and New Jersey Force Evacuations
firefighters from 109 departments in Suffolk County have responded to the scene of the brush fire, and 15 additional departments from Nassau County are en route.
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California Fire Season Set For An Early Start
Kate Novoa on the Big Sur coast posted an image on BigSurKate.com showing impressive flame length from a local fire on February 7. Kimmer in Paso Robles offered this night view of a fire near Lake Nacimiento last week.
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Smoke Jumpers !
Advanced Forestry Tactics in 1949
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Be-200 Russian Air Tanker May See Stateside Deployment
If everything falls into place for the contractor the Be-200 could see action in the USA by Summer 2013.
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Reno Wildfire Fully Contained
THE WIND-WHIPPED GRASS FIRE THAT took out more than six square miles in just over two days near Reno, Nevada,has been fully contained according to the fire officials
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Reno, Carson City Nevada Area Wildfire, 10,000 Evacuated, 50% Contained
Updated reports indicate 26 occupied dwellings have been destroyed. Reno, like much of the west has not seen precipitation for almost six weeks.
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Nevada Brush Fire Claims 27 Homes
A BRUSH FIRE THAT SPRUNG UP around noon Pacific near Reno, Nevada, on Thursday has raced through six square miles and burned at least 27 homes so far.
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January 17th, 1908 – Scranton PA Fatal Knitting Mill Fire
SCRANTON FACTORY FILLED WITH GIRLS A PREY TO FLAMES
FOUR KILLED AND MANY MEET SERIOUS HURTS
Several Of The Victims Leaped From The Windows.
FEARFUL JAM ON A FIRE ESCAPE.
The Flames Gutted the Interior of the Knitting Mill in Which the Girls Were …
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Congressional office pool offends mother of fallen firefighter. Wildland fire organization calls it ‘a shot to the gut.’
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee office pool had been running since 2003.
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LODD x 6 – Chile
Wildfire Runover
A CREW OF TEN WILDFIRE FF's WERE overun at a fire Thursday that is believed to be purposely set. Of the ten, six perished as they all huddled together after being surrounded. The London Telegraph explains:
Th…
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Inmate Firefighter Collapses/Dies On Training Hike in Central California
An inmate firefighter assigned to Cuesta Fire Camp, located at the California Men’s Colony, died while taking part in a County/Cal Fire training program at Camp San Luis Obispo.Cal Fire Capt. Jane Schmitz said the inmate collapsed while hiking on the military base shortly after 3:30 Wednesday afternoon.
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Reno Wildfire Destroys 20 Homes, Thousands Evacuated
Local coverage (video)
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Long-Haul Mutual Aid
Last Tuesday, 25 October, two arsonists started a wildfire that is still burning as this posting is being written.
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Air Tanker Crash in France
Pilot Escapes Serious Injury
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Video: How Wildland Firefighters Stay Cool in the Summer
Here is a short video that gives you the first person point of view experiencing a water drop from a helicopter a couple of hundred feet above you.
Figuring that the water more than likely comes from a lake, that is probably pretty refreshing for the firefighters! Just as long as the helicopter didn't accidentally pick up any SCUBA divers when he got the water!
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Lightning Strikes Spark Fires in Sierras
Early morning air to ground lighting has ignited 40 new fires in the Southern Sierra Nevada's and Tehachapi's in Kern County
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Texas Fires Situation Report
Yesterday Texas Forest Service responded to 22 new fires for 7,544 acres, including 10 new large fires. In the past seven days Texas Forest Service has responded to 181 fires for 118,413 acres.
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Texas Task Force 1 Deployed to Search Town Destroyed by Wildfire
Texas Task Force 1 has been deployed to Bastrop, Texas (Near Austin) to conduct a search of the scorched town. Â Approximately 700 homes haves have been destroyed by the wildfire.
The State of Texas has been a leader in enhancing their US&R Task F…
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Bastrop Texas Wildfire
The Bastrop County Complex Fire has consumed more than 25,000 acres and claimed an estimated 476 homes or structures since yesterday
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Light Plane Crash Triggers Grass Fire
A LIGHT PLANE CRASHED SUNDAY MORNING near Tehachapi, California, killing the pilot and starting a destructive grass fire.
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Small Aircraft Crash Ignites the ‘Canyon Fire’
One death related to the crash of a small plane in the mountains southeast of the City of Tehachapi has been confirmed.
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